St Stithians to tackle Jeppe for Aitken Cup title
Jeppe High School for Boys and St Stithians College will meet in the Aitken Cup final on Sunday. It’s a repeat of last year’s title game.
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They booked their places in the clash for the silverware on Saturday, the third day of the tournament, which is being hosted at St Stithians, in Johannesburg.
The road to the final was similar for both sides. Jeppe finished atop Pool A after beating Monument, Northcliff, and Trinityhouse Rand Park Ridge.
In the last eight, coach Gareth Heyns‘s side brushed aside Parktown Boys’ High 3-0 to book a final four date with St John’s College.
St John’s dominated their pool, too, and cruised to a 4-0 win over St Benedict’s College in the quarterfinals.
Jeppe dominated the early exchanges of their semifinal showdown, rushing into a 2-0 lead, courtesy of goals by Kade Lottering and Jadon Havinga.
St John’s, despite being forced to play on the back foot, showed fight and grit, and that brought them rewards in the second half.
Motheo Mparutsa found the back of the net, tapping in at the far post, before Connor Cooper converted a penalty stroke to make it 2-2.
The final chukka was fiercely contested, and both sides created opportunities to grab the lead late on. By the end of regulation time, however, the game was deadlocked. A penalty shootout was needed to decide the winner.
Both outfits missed their first three takes, with the goalkeepers rescuing their teams. It took a strike by Lottering during sudden death to seal the win for Jeppe.
In the second semifinal, St Stithians College went about their business effectively and beat St David’s Marist Inanda 2-1.
Saints, playing in front of their home supporters, produced a classy performance and survived a late scare to take the win.
Jason Joiner, who has found the back of the net with relative ease throughout the tournament, scored again, and Didier le Roux struck, too.
By winning, St Stithians has a chance to reverse last year’s final result, which finished with Jeppe winning 4-2. When the sides met earlier this season, it was goalless through three chukkas, but it ended 2-2 after a frantic final quarter.
In other matches, Noordheuwel picked up wins against Randpark High and HeronBridge College, while Monument bounced back with wins against Redhill and Beaulieu College.
Linden defeated Redhill 2-1, while Northcliff posted a 3-1 win over HeronBridge.
The final day’s action kicks off bright and early at 07:30 with the final scheduled for 12:30.
RESULTS
Quarterfinals
Jeppe 3-0 Parktown
St John’s College 4-0 St Benedict’s College
St Stithians College 3-0 Helpmekaar
St David’s 2-0 Trinityhouse Randpark Ridge
Semifinals
Jeppe (1) 2-2 (0) St John’s College
St Stithians College 2-1 St David’s
Playoffs
Monument 2-0 Redhill
Beaulieu 1-0 Linden
Noordheuwel 2-0 HeronBridge
Randpark 4-2 Northcliff
Linden 2-1 Redhill
Monument 4-2 Beaulieu
Northcliff 3-1 HeronBridge
Noordheuwel 5-0 Randpark
FIXTURES
@Saints Red Astro
11:00 – St John’s College vs St David’s – 3rd/4th playoff
12:30 – Jeppe vs St Stithians College – Final
@Parktown Boys’ High
07:30 – Parktown vs Trinityhouse Randpark Ridge
09:00 – St Benedict’s College vs Helpmekaar
10:30 – Monument vs Noordheuwel
12:00 – Beaulieu College vs Randpark
13:30 – Linden vs Northcliff
15:00 – Redhill vs HeronBridge
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